So, he's neither a human nor an animal but his sex is relevant... Is he a plant? Any kind of parasite? Somebody's ghost?

Would the reaction of the LTPF members be interesting because ...he had been involved in a puzzle earlier? ...whatever he was involved in had been part of a puzzle? ...he had been mentioned in the chatroom? ...whatever he was involved in had been mentioned in the chatroom? ...he has to do with a hobby or interest of one or more LTPF members? ...whatever he was involved in has to do with a hobby or interest of one or more LTPF members?

So, he's neither a human nor an animal but his sex is relevant... Is he a plant? Any kind of parasite? Somebody's ghost? None of these.

Would the reaction of the LTPF members be interesting because ...he had been involved in a puzzle earlier? ...whatever he was involved in had been part of a puzzle? ...he had been mentioned in the chatroom? ...whatever he was involved in had been mentioned in the chatroom? ...he has to do with a hobby or interest of one or more LTPF members? ...whatever he was involved in has to do with a hobby or interest of one or more LTPF members?

A vehicle that is male? Yes.Through the same naming convention that makes ships "female"? No.Or is he male in some other way? Yes.Is he a mascot? A product logo? A company icon? A cartoon? None of these.

So, our (the LTPFers') reaction on the tank would be interesting? Is the tank in general relevant? Some special feature of the tank? (except for that it's male) Its color? Its name? (is the tank called LTPF?) Is it a real tank? a model of a tank? a tank in a computer game? in a war game?

So, our (the LTPFers') reaction on the tank would be interesting? Mostly its gender.Is the tank in general relevant? Some special feature of the tank? Yes. (except for that it's male) What makes it male?Its color? Its name? (is the tank called LTPF?) Is it a real tank? Yes. a model of a tank? a tank in a computer game? in a war game? None of the rest.

Is it the name (or nick name) that makes the tank male? anything including: man? boy? daddy? grandpa? or maybe: bull? boar? I remember the Russian T-55 tank was nicknamed "iron boar" .. is this relevant?

Is it the name (or nick name) that makes the tank male? anything including: man? boy? daddy? grandpa? or maybe: bull? boar? I remember the Russian T-55 tank was nicknamed "iron boar" .. is this relevant? No to all.

Another idea: if there is a male tank .. is there also a female tank? if so: do "male" and "female" describe different variants of equipment or armament of the same type of tank? Were "male" and "female" used in this context as code words (without special meaning)? (.. so in principle also "blue" and "green" or "cat" and "dog" could have been used to name the variants)

Another idea: if there is a male tank .. is there also a female tank? Yes. if so: do "male" and "female" describe different variants of equipment or armament of the same type of tank? Yes!Were "male" and "female" used in this context as code words (without special meaning)? I suppose there might have been a minor sexual element to it (.. so in principle also "blue" and "green" or "cat" and "dog" could have been used to name the variants) But yes.

*SPOILER*

The first tanks built, the British Mark I through IV, were classified by their main armament. They carried side sponsons (gun turrets) equipped either with machine guns or cannon. Cannon-armed tanks were referred to as "male," and machine-gun tanks as "female." There were also a few "hermaphrodites" - tanks with one cannon sponson and one machine-gun sponson.

It occurred to me that this might make an interesting puzzle, as often the first question to be asked on this board is "H/A/M?"